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CONNF.CTii IT WAl'.'JLEi;. 



Fig. '■>'■>. Ik-iul of young 

 male Connecticut Wai-blcr in 

 autumn. 



nlivacoouR nliove nnil ilull yellow lieldw, much ovcrwasiied, esneciiilly on sides, witli olive, and the head is 

 all around decidedly brownish. 



OBSEm\\T!ONS. 



Knnwn in spring from the siujilarly coloi'ed Moanung Warbler 

 by the different form (the wings being longer) and vhitc ring around 

 the eye. Creeds in Eastern North America north of the United States ; 

 |irobably winters .simth of nur limits. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Length, .V4n to TlTiO; stretch, S TiO to fLOO; wing, 'ITr, to :!.()(»; 

 tail -J.!)!) to -2 20: bill, .40 to .4;"". : tarsus, .7(1 to .7.'). 



DESCRIPTION OF NESTS AND EGOS. 

 Nest.<, ])laced on the ground, composed of roots, ieave.s, etc.. com- 

 pactly arranged. Eggs, four in number, oval in form, creamy white in 

 color, sparsely spotted with purple, brown, lilac and black, which are in- 

 clined to form a ring around the larger end. 



HABITS. 

 The first specimen of the Cf)miectieut Warbler that I ever saw was taken on Septem- 

 ber 16th, 1867, in' Newton Center. Massachusetts, hy Mr. L. L. Thaxter. The next year 

 about the same date I procured anothei', and in 1870 Mr. 11. W. Hensliaiv di.scovered 

 them in lar«;e uumbers in the Fresh Pond swainjis, a lo(-a]it\' in which the_\- liave since 

 ))een found to be counnon every year (birinu the latter part of September. They have 

 also been taken in many places in the vicinity of Boston, in autunni. At this season the 

 Connecticut Warblers are not shy as a rule, in fact I saw one in an apple tree on my 

 place this last autumn (1895) which allowed me to come within a few feet of it and 

 watch it for some time, Init after a time it took refuge in some bushes near. In spring 

 this is an exceediuoly rare warbler in Massachusetts, but I have kuown of a half do7cn 

 instances of its capture in May, in the vicinity of Boston, May, 1890. I once saw one in 

 a thicket of bushes and low shrubbery near my place and watched it for some time. It 

 wasmovius; leisurelv about sometimes on the ground, and at others in the lower branches 

 of tlie bushes ;ind small trees. At intervals it uttered a, low, Imt exceedingly sweet war- 

 ble, the liearing of which fii-st attracted my attention to the bird. This song reminded 

 uie more nearly of the melody of the Greater Yellow-throat f G. rostrata ) of the Bahama? 

 than ofaiiv bird I ever heard, and was quite unlike tlie song of any of our warblers whicli 

 I ever beard. When moving about on the ground t'le. Connecticut Warbler somewhat 

 resembles a Water Thrusb i'nv it has the same habit of raising and Jowerinu' its tail. 



OPORORNIS FORMOSA. 



Kentucky Warbler. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sr. (.'h. Size, large ; form, rather slend.ei-. Coi.OK. Adult. Olive green abuve, with the firehead aitd 

 si'les of head, black, and with the feathejvs of the top of head tipped with slaty Superciliary line and lower 



